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Iran has unleashed a sweeping campaign of missile and drone attacks across the Persian Gulf, striking the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Iraq in response to coordinated United States and Israeli airstrikes that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The offensive, which began on 28 February and......
The joint US and Israeli offensive on Iran has entered its fourth day, with more than 1,250 targets struck across the country since the first wave of attacks on 28 February 2026. The operation, known in Washington as Epic Fury and paired with Israel’s own campaign, has focused on Iranian leadership, ballistic missile infrastructure,......
President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan toured Dubai Mall on Monday evening alongside Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, greeting shoppers and dining in public as Iranian missiles and drones targeted the United Arab Emirates. Dubai’s Media Office confirmed the visit on X, saying the president was......
Three US Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers flew nonstop from Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota to strike Iranian military targets overnight, in the second long-range bomber mission of Operation Epic Fury as the joint US Israeli campaign entered its third day on Monday. The aircraft, tracked on open-source flight monitoring under the callsigns......
Iranian-aligned hackers have opened a major cyber front against Gulf states and Israel following joint US-Israeli strikes on Iranian military and nuclear facilities. The campaign has hit government networks and critical infrastructure across the Middle East, underscoring how cyber operations now sit at the center of the confrontation between......
A Moroccan woman and her two brothers from Tangier have been sentenced to life imprisonment in Abu Dhabi for attempting to traffic approximately six kilograms of cocaine, authorities announced on Monday. The Abu Dhabi court found the three family members guilty of attempting to smuggle cocaine through the airport, following a case that first......
Banks, hedge funds and insurers spent the weekend racing to map out their exposure to the Middle East as the escalating confrontation between Iran, the United States and Israel disrupted markets, travel and business operations across the Gulf. The latest round of strikes, which hit targets in the United Arab Emirates and other Gulf states,......
Fresh satellite images show thick black smoke rising over Dubai after Iranian missile and drone strikes triggered fires at Jebel Ali port and on the Palm Jumeirah, driving home how the widening conflict has reached the heart of the United Arab Emirates’ commercial hub. Pictures taken on March 1 capture smoke columns and burn scars across......
Coordinated US and Israeli strikes on Iran have thrown global air travel into disarray, with key Middle Eastern hubs shutting down or operating under tight restrictions as regional airspace remains partly closed. The closures have disrupted one of the world’s main corridors linking Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, forcing airlines......
The United States and Israel launched a coordinated air campaign against Iran that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and struck hundreds of political and military targets across the country, marking a dramatic escalation in Middle East tensions. Iranian state media and officials confirmed that Khamenei, 86, died after airstrikes......
The United States and Israel have launched a large-scale air and missile offensive against Iran that has killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and shattered key elements of the country’s command structure, triggering a wave of Iranian retaliation that has pushed the wider Middle East to the brink of a broader war. Washington says......
The latest military escalation between the United States and Iran has unsettled global financial markets and revived concerns about energy security, with potential consequences extending beyond the Gulf to economies such as Morocco. Reciprocal strikes on Iranian positions and American bases across the region, with reported impacts in Qatar,......
Amazon Web Services suffered a rare physical blow to its cloud infrastructure in the United Arab Emirates after unidentified objects struck one of its data centers, igniting a fire and forcing a prolonged shutdown as Iranian retaliatory attacks rattled the Gulf. The incident unfolded on March 1 in the ME-CENTRAL-1 region, when objects hit......
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